NIH Announces New Initiative in Epigenomics

Believe that they know even an iota that your overfatness is from your genetics? Waiting for the genetic "cure" to your overfatness? Good luck. You will still be waiting way after you are dead. They don't know squat.

"'Disease is about more than genetics. It's about how genes are regulated — how and when they work in both health and disease,' said NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. 'Epigenomics will build upon our new knowledge of the human genome and help us better understand the role of the environment in regulating genes that protect our health or make us more susceptible to disease.'...

Epigenetics focuses on processes that regulate how and when certain genes are turned on and turned off, while epigenomics pertains to analysis of epigenetic changes across many genes in a cell or entire organism.

Epigenetic processes control normal growth and development. Diet and exposure to environmental chemicals throughout all stages of human development among other factors can cause epigenetic changes that may turn on or turn off certain genes. Changes in genes that would normally protect against a disease, as a result, could make people more susceptible to developing that disease later in life. Researchers also believe some epigenetic changes can be passed on from generation to generation."

But, for those who can understand, the "cure" is here now.